ABC News

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This article is about the American news organization. For the Australian news organization, see ABC News (Australia).
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ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC)(Owned by Disney.) Its current president is David Westin.

The slogan is More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other news source. This is because unlike NBC News, which has the higher rated television news department, and the higher rated online news site (MSNBC.com), ABC News is including its radio newscasts, many of which air on high-rated AM talk radio stations, in the rankings. NBC has virtually no radio news department. ABC News has recently started to advertise that every single ABC news program was honored with emmy awards.

Current programs

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ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006

ABC News Radio runs, through ABC Radio Networks, news bulletins on the hour transmitted to its affiliate stations and distributes talk programs.

ABC NewsOne is ABC News's affiliate news service. It gathers and feeds regional, national and international news material to ABC affiliates around the country and foreign networks.

ABC News Now is the ABC's 24/7 news channel available online and other sources such as mobile phones.

An one-minute "ABC News Brief" is broadcast weekdays at 2:58 pm between One Life to Live and General Hospital.

Specials

ABCNews.com

Current anchors and correspondents

Current and past personalities

History

Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, ABC News wasn't a major news player compared to CBS News and NBC News. It wasn't until Roone Arledge became the President of ABC News that ABC News finally became a major news player. Arledge would create many of ABC News's most famous programs, including 20/20, World News Tonight, This Week, Nightline, and Primetime Live.

In Popular Culture

Former logos

See also

External links


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